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Above: Student nurse anesthetist students: Ning Nguyen, Troy Davis, and Chris Simmonson work with Dr. Tune on airway management skills in the high-fidelity anesthesia simulation center. Above: Nurse anesthesia students work as a team during an unfolding case study and simulation activity. Above: Professor Jennifer Debban works with nurse anesthesia student, Chad Bosyl, in the anatomy lab at the National University, Fresno campus. Above: Nurse Anesthesia students: Nazarret Tomassian and Guillermo Vallejo studying prior to an anatomy practical exam. Above: Nurse Anesthesia students working together in a high-fidelity anesthesia crisis management scenario.

Individual augmentees (IAs), who presumably have lower social support or unit cohesion, were not at increased risk for PTSD or mental health symptoms following deployment compared with non-IA deployers. It is likely that social isolation was not highly influential among Navy IAs in this study. http://ohrc.nu.edu/assets/resources/MilCohort IA Deployment May2012 JOEM.pdf Chronic use of smokeless tobacco has been linked to poor military training performance, early discharge, and a host of medical problems from cancer to heart disease. Smokeless tobacco initiation occurred in 1.9% and persistent use in 8.9% of Millennium Cohort participants. The study showed that deployment, combat exposure, smoking, and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder increased the risk for smokeless tobacco initiation, while deployment and combat exposure increased the risk for persistent use. http://ohrc.nu.edu/assets/resources/Millennium Cohort Smokeless Tobacco May2012 Addiction.pdf

Join The Chronicle of Higher Education and Pearson for a discussion around learning design and its applicability in building strong education courses and programs by joining the webcast, Learning Design: the Science Behind a Great Course .

Please read the new Release from CHIP, Community HEALs Through Literacy Lessons .  

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We are pleased to announce that SHHS is collaborating with VIP Health Connect of San Diego to provide information and resources for their virtual Learning Center.  The Learning Center will be accessible to over 1000 physician members and their office staff from the Scripps Mercy Physician Partners Group and Ximed Medical Group.  Please visit the Learning Center via the link below.  All videos available through the Learning Center are also available for instructional purposes to SHHS faculty and students via the NU Media Server. http://viphealthconnect.com/learning-center/

Please read the exciting article provided by The New York Times, Harvard and M.I.T Team Up to Offer Free Online Courses .

Cohort 24 nursing students Lita Edmond, April Lorenzana, Kelly Rivera, Nicolette Tysma and Raymond Lipumano teamed up with Operation Samahan’s Youth 2 Youth Center to kick off the 8th Annual Safe Summer Slam (S3), Saturday, April 28, 2012. The students educated more than 200 South Bay-resident adolescents and their families on Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) prevention.  Adopting the motto of “One less with HPV,” they provided written and verbal education about the harmful effects of HPV and how to protect against the virus. After educating individuals, the students walked a total of 10 qualified adolescents over to Operation Samahan’s clinic to receive a free immunization of Gardisil, a HPV preventative vaccine provided by Merck Drug Company. Safe Summer Slam is a community outreach program designed to bring health awareness to adolescents through education, entertainment, and access to health services in the community.  United States Mexico Border of Health Commi...